Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
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Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Selçuk, Turkey
This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.
Istanbul, Turkey
Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.
Selçuk, Turkey
The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.
Istanbul, Turkey
Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.
Istanbul, Turkey
This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.
Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.
Istanbul, Turkey
Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.
Bayatbademleri Köyü, Turkey
Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.
Kayaköy, Turkey
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Jbeil, Lebanon
A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.
Jitta, Lebanon
A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.
Baalbek, Lebanon
The largest hewn stone in history.
Jerusalem, Israel
Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.
Acre, Israel
A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."
Jerusalem, Israel
On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.